진행자: 홍유/ Beth Eunhee Hong

1. For Choi Seung-yoon, ‘Riceboy Sleeps’ is about strength of mothers

기사 요약: 최승윤, ‘라이스보이 슬립스’는 어머니의 강인함에 대한 이야기

[1] There are many stories and films that depict the lives of immigrants, struggling to adapt to family life in a new country with an uncooperative child.

*depict: 그리다, 묘사하다

*uncooperative: 비협조적인

[2] Canadian actor and filmmaker Anthony Shim’s “Riceboy Sleeps” (2022) is about So-young, a single mother from Korea who settles in the suburbs of Canada in the 1990s with her son, Dong-hyun.

*settle: 적응하다, 자리잡다

*suburb: 교외

[3] Soon after the film's March 17 release in Canada, it swept the global film awards, with the actors and director being invited to numerous film festivals. So far, the film has won 27 awards.

*release: 개봉, 발표, 발간, 출시

*numerous: 많은

[4] “Our film is more about finding our roots and actually coming back to Korea to do that. It is also a story about a mother,” said Choi Seung-yoon, who debuted as So-young in “Riceboy Sleeps.”

*root: 뿌리

기사 원문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230417000690

2. ‘Space can give dreams to children’

기사 요약: 폴 윤, 우주는 아이들에게 꿈을 심어줄 수 있다

[1] Space is not just about new opportunities for future industry, but changing perspectives and presenting challenges and dreams for generations to come, says Paul Yun, a Korean American solar system ambassador for NASA.

*industry: 산업

*perspective: 관점

[2] “What would be wise for Korea is to utilize space to its fullest to bring out every positive factor from it. If space can become a bigger area, not all smart children will be trying to go to medical school. If more children chase space-related dreams, Korea’s space ecosystem will grow naturally and have a bright future,” said Yun.

*utilize: 활용하다

*factor: 요인

*ecosystem: 생태계

[3] The ambassador for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who currently works as a mathematics professor at El Camino College in Torrance, California, noted that there are no clear rules in the global space race yet, adding that a player who can come up with the basic rules of the game will take the lead, and South Korea can be that player if it can paint the bigger picture.

*ambassador: 대사

*aeronautics: 항공학의

[4] “As the world tries to march into space, it will be about who makes the rules of space and can help all of humanity in a reasonable manner. A player who looks at the bigger picture will make the rules,” he said.

*march: 행지하다, 행군하듯 걷다, 급하게 걷다

*reasonable: 타당한, 합당한, 적정한

기사 원문: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230417000558